A quick way to get a taste of Hoboken arts – in a “one-stop shopping” kind of way, is to visit one of the locations that houses many artists, such as:

Monroe Center for the Arts (#24 on the map)
The Monroe Center (720 Monroe Street) is a massive industrial building that used to be home to Levelor Blinds Factory, and since 1990 – has been home to many up and coming artists and crafts-makers.

Neumann Leathers Building (#40 on the map)
Besides housing artists, furniture makers and photographers – one fantastic reason to visit the Neumann Leather building is to see the building itself. Not an architectural dream, per se – but a voyage to days past. A definite adventure inside a building not too many Hoboken residents have seen the inner-workings of. As you may remember, the Neumann Leather building was in jeopardy of being developed into more condos last year.